Norway’s second-largest city Bergen, often referred to charmingly as the “gateway to the fjords”, offers a unique blend of ...

A must-visit for Viking Age enthusiasts, the Stavanger region's Norse legacy is celebrated in monuments, museums, and a modern VR experience.

Last year, the discovery of an ax head on a mountaintop overlooking Norway’s Trondheim Fjord led archaeologists to a tenth-century Viking grave. Though they found no remains, the team recovered ...

In Norway, a Viking woman's grave found at ... 1996). Detailed maps of Viking settlements in Scotland, Ireland, England, Iceland and Normandy. National Museums and Galleries of Wales: Digging ...

Evidence suggests that in some settlements, such as the fortress ... Cats as a common presence throughout Europe. By the Viking Age, the Norwegian Forest Cat had evolved into a slightly larger ...

The 1960 discovery of a Viking settlement at L’Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, Canada, caused a sensation, proving the sagas were not just fiction. Vikings had indeed reached the coast of ...

There are also three abandoned Viking settlements in Greenland that visitors ... That all changed in 1960 when Norwegian explorers Helge and Anne Ingstad discovered the ruins at L'Anse aux Meadows.

Gordon Ramsay dives for scallops, urchins and clams in the frigid waters of Bergen, Norway. “I’ve seen authentic Viking cooking methods, and it’s humbling to come away from these areas and ...